Bicycle-holder.



Patented Apr. I6, |90l.

on. .E H Tm lo M S.H .IE

(Application led May 25, 1900.)

RussEiJL-"GQ 's'MiTH.; oF- BUFFALO, NEWQYORK, AssIGNoR 'ro f ,.JoHoNNon-OF SAME PLAGE.

,PATENT OFFCE.

HOLDER srEcIFiQATIoNformingpart of Letters Patent No. 672,070, dated Ap'rn 1e, 1901.

v Application tied May 25, 1900.

Bud-alo, in ,the county of Erie-and Sfateof' NewYork, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Bicycle-Holders, of which the following is a specication; l

This inventionv relates vto the holders or sup"-` ports which areemployedfprincipally in bicycle-rooms for sup-portingbicyclesv in-a small space.

The object of muv-invention isto provide an y inexpensive' supporter 'holder of thisv kind, which permitsa number-,of bicycles tov be placed closely side by side in suchgmanner that a bicycle can vbe[c onveniently engaged with one ofthe holders and readily detached therefrom without disturbing the bicycles on either side..

In the' accompanying drawings, Figureljis Y a front View` of a nu'mberrofv bicyclessupport` ed by my improved holders. 1 Fig. 2 is'a'transverse vertical section in line 2 2, Fig. 1, `Fig.`

3 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged'scale,l

in line 3 3, Fig. 1. Figi-4 isan oblique section in line 4 4:, Fig. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the holder. j Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several gures.` y j As shown in Figs. l and 2, the bicycles stand vertically on their rear Wheels, the latter resting on the ioor of the bicycle-room. The up-y per or front Wheel of the bicycle engages with my improved holder, which consists of a hookv A, secured to the adjacent wall of the roo'm or any other suitable upright. This hook is f preferably secured'to a horizontal board B,

fastened to the wall and arranged 'at the proper height to receivethe' upperportion of the rim of the front wheel, the hook being sufficiently narrow to enter between a pair of adjacent spokes. The hook faces upwardly and is arranged obliquely-say at an angle of about thirty-five degrees, as shown-so that When the front Wheel is engaged there.

with it stands at a corresponding angle. By this angular arrangement of the front wheel the handlebar connected with its fork is turned at a sufficient angle to clear the correspondingly-turned handle-bars of adjacent bicycles, as shown in Fig. l, thereby permiti smart. 17,923. (No man.)

` ting a bicycle 'ro be detached from'its hook by a-slight'turn of its handle-bars and con- 'veniently Withdrawn from betweenthe bicythesame. By providing means for holding bicycles inthis manner the same can be placed `ers which require the' handle-bars to stand at right angles to the frames of the bicycles. [The oblique hook A may be of any suitable constructiou, but preferably consists of a'double hook bent from a single piece of comparatively heavy'wire. The members a, of its double shank are provided with rearward extensions a', arranged at right angles to the Shanks and each terminating in an inwardlyturnedspur a2, which is substantially parallel With the shank andV which penetrates the boardl B. v The shank extensions 01,' rest T,against the board B and are clamped against v.the same byl a block or cleat C, which strad- 4dles fthe extensions and is secured to said aboard-.preferably by a screw d, which passes centrallythrough' the block and enters the board-between the extensions. This block is provided on its inner side with grooves d', whichreceive the extensions o. and prevent twisting of the hook. The shank members ofthe hook abut against the front side of the block-C, thereby stiffening the same. The main portion of the hook may be covered with rubber tubing e to prevent marring of thewheel-rim which engages with the hook.

In order to prevent the'lower or rear Wheel vof the bicycle vfrom being shifted laterally and accidentally disengaging the upper wheel from the holding-hook, a retaining device for the rear Wheel is preferably applied to the wallor upright, directly below the hook A. This retaining device may consist of a pair of upright jaws or cleats E, secured to a horizontal board E and separated by a space of sufficient Width to easily receive the rear Wheel, as shown in the drawings.

To detach 'the bicycle from its holder, it is only necessary to grasp the handle-bar and push the front wheel against the board B, and then turn the bar sufficiently to disenga'ge the'wheel from the hook.

I claim as my invention- 1. A bicycle-holder for holding a bicycle in GEORGE n.-

-c'les'onfeither side thereof without disturbing y,more closely together than bythe use of hold- IOO an upturned position with the front wheel above the rear wheel, said holder comprising an upright support and a base support for supporting the rear wheel and the frame in a vertical position, in a plane at right angles to said upright and base supports, and a hook adapted to receive the front wheel and to engage the inner side ofthe rim thereof between adjacent spokes, said hook opening rearwardly, toward said upright support, and upwardly at an oblique angle, whereby the front wheel and the handle-bar are supported in an oblique position, While the frame and the rear wheel are supported in a perpendicular position, at right angles to the upright and base supports, substantially as set forth.

2. A bicycle-holder for holding a bicycle in an upturned position with the front wheel above the rear wheel, said holder comprising a base support for supporting the rear wheel, an upright support provided near its bottoni with forwardly-projecting upright jaws arranged at right angles to said u pright support and adapted to receive the rear Wheel, and a hook adapted to receive the front wheel and to engage the inner side of the rim thereof between adjacent spokes, said hook opening rearwardly, toward said upright support, and upwardly at an oblique angle, whereby the front wheel and the handle-bar are supported in an oblique position, While the frame and the rear wheel are supported in a perpendicular position, at right angles to the upright and base supports, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bicycle-holder,tl1e combination with a `wall or upright, of an upwardly-facing hook secured to said wall in a slanting position and having double shanks provided with rearward extensions arranged substantially at right angles to the Shanks and bearing against said Wall, and a cleat extending across said shank extensions and secured to said wall and provided in its inner side with grooves in which said extensions are seated, substantially as set forth.

4. A bicycle-holder, ,consisting ofa double hook bent from a 4single piece of wire, and having parallel Shanks which are provided with rearward extensions arranged at right angles to the shank, and each terminating in a spur which is arranged substantially parallel with said shanks and which projects rearwardly from the extension, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 23d day of May, 1900.

RUSSELL G. SMITH.

Vitnesses:

JN0. J. BONNER, CYEsTA HORNBECK. 

